‰ NOW 15 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM MARCH 2014 QST PAGE 96 ‰
ITS AFFORDABLE, AND YOU WONT BE DISAPPOINTED EVEN IF IT NEEDS REPAIRING.
MOST SETS OF THIS ERA WERE HOME BUILT. THEY WERE SOLDERED TOGETHER WITH
LARGE HOT IRON SOLDERING IRONS, WHICH PRODUCED MANY COLD JOINTS. THE EARLY
TUBE PINS AND TUBE SOCKETS BECOME TARNISHED WITH AGE AND NEED TO BE
CLEANED. FILAMENT VARIABLE RESISTORS WILL NEED CLEANING AND THE WIPER WILL
NEED ADJUSTING FOR GOOD CONTINUOUS CONTACT. TAKE TIME TO TEST THIS OUT
WITH A GOOD OHMMETER. WHEN YOU POWER UP THE FILAMENT, PUT A VOLTMETER
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